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Glastonbury – A Legendary Event

Ole — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:40:47 +0000

Long Live Glastonbury

Back in 1970, a day after the death of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, a little known music event took place. Originally inspired by the Bath and West Showground’s Blues Festival, a gentleman named Michael Eavis started the now infamous festival. The first festival, including acts such as Marc Bolan, Al Stewart and Keith Christmas was held over a 2 day period, with an attendance of just 1,500. Much has changed since the festival began in 1970, where entry was just £1, entitling you to a free glass of milk from the farm.

Fast forward to 1990 and the attendance was 70,000 with tickets costing £38. Acts such as The Happy Mondays and The Cure performed.

Don't be a stick in the mud - get yourself to Glastonbury!

Roll on to 2004 and bands like Oasis graced the stage, as did Paul McCartney, Muse, Joss Stone, Franz Ferdinand and The Black Eyed Peas. The event cost £112 including programme and the attendance was 150,000 (officially).

This year (2009) Michael Eavis hailed the event as the “best Glastonbury ever”.

Just how word gets around!!!

Summercase – Barcelona Music Festival

Tim — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:22:19 +0000

If you’re thinking about a music festival in 2010 and a worried about the mud and wellies which generally come with UK events like Glastonbury then why not think about a trip to Spain for either Summercase, or Benicassim.

Summercase is hosted each year in Barcelona, and its a fantastic location if you want a bit of sun, sea and sand while also seeing some of the worlds biggest acts at the festival.

I went in 2008 with a group of mates, and the went for 4 days, spending 2 at the beach. Rather than camping you can simply stay in the heart of Barcelona so we got a luxury serviced apartment which was ideal. The events in Barcelona usually take place from early evening until about 4am due to the weather being too hot to host during the day so you get the best of both worlds; a day at the beach and an evening of rock n roll mayhem.

I saw Kings of Leon, The Verve, Ian Brown, Blondie, Primal Scream and many others – it’s really worth a trip.

Kasabian Rock The Stage

Tim — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:00:23 +0000

Leicester rock n roll band Kasabian have been around for a few years now, already on their third album, but they are now classed very much as a headline act. I remember seeing the boys from the midlands in their early days at a very small gig in Manchester, at the Academy 3 (one of the smaller rooms at the University of Manchester). At the time, Tom reminded me of Mick Jagger, the way he strutted round the stage, clapping his hands. He has probably the best stage presence since Liam Gallagher graced the stage for Oasis, and a recent gig I went to not so long ago at the MEN Arena in Manchester showed that Kasabian have definitely arrived. I’ve also seen them at Oxygen festival in Dublin at the time their first album was out.

They openly admit to having dreamed of following bands like Oasis who were their childhood heroes (and have supported them on tour). With Tom and Serge as the forefront of the band, I think they’ll go from strength to strength over the next decade.

Leicester lads Tom, Serge and clan will dominate with Kasabian over the next decade!